How are the preparations for Passover? Did you get everything done?
If you managed to complete all your tasks for Passover, this post is not for you, and I would like to wish you a kosher and happy Passover.
But, if, like me, you didn't get everything done, if there are things you didn't get to, if you feel like you could have done more and didn't, or if the paternal or maternal conscience is working overtime on the children who worked overtime - here is a true and touching story.
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The influential Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Kesselman, z"l, was one of the special ones, one of the most special among the Chabad followers of the previous generation, a Jew who "made" people stand up. Those influenced by him, who are now already having grandchildren, will still speak of him with admiration and pride.
Once a group of students came to his house for an impromptu gathering. He was ready to sit with them, talk to them, and inspire them, but the influencer's wife - she wasn't prepared, she came in in a panic and said: I have nothing at home, I have almost nothing to give them. What to do?
Then came the answer, an answer that was worth the entire gathering. This is what the influencer told her:
What you have to give - give it to the end. But what you don't have, that's not asked of you at all.
Some will say this is an educational message, and some will say it is an important rule for life.
I just want to say one thing: This is a real message! This is the truth. What we have - we must give, but what we do not have, that is not asked of us.
Each of us has something different in our pantry. One has great financial ability, another has broad mental ability, one has the ability to plan and organize, and another has the ability to improvise and find solutions, but no one has everything.
So just before the holiday, we should remember: What we have, we must give. And what we don't have, they don't demand of us.
Wishing you a happy Kosher Passover.
